How Four Years Shaped Girls’ Political Views
Despite those findings, the young women I interviewed all had high aspirations — they wanted to become a novelist, an animal scientist and a basketball player. One, Ana Shepherd, 18, had decided to pursue politics as a direct result of what she saw the last four years. She was born in Mexico and felt she…
International Youth Day: 12 August
According to the United Nations, the youth accounts for 16% of the global population. That is, 1.2 billion people make up the 15-24 age group. Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future”. If these are anything to go by, we…
World Youth Skills Day 2022
Today’s youth are tomorrow’s leaders. The youth make up a significant percentage of the world’s population. This stark reality emphasises how important it is to shape, equip, and embrace their place in society knowing that it is them that will carry the successes and failures we create today. In the not-too-distant future, the older generation…
Are Youth Sports Too Stressful to Be Fun Anymore?
Have you ever participated in organized sports, in or out of school? If so, have those experiences been positive? Or do you feel that youth sports have become too stressful and too focused on winning?In “Luka Doncic Wants Young Players to Embrace ‘Mess and Joy’,” Tania Ganguli writes that Doncic, the Dallas Mavericks star, is…
Are Youth Sports Too Stressful? Teenagers Weigh In.
When I was younger, I played softball for a year in a league at a park near my house. I was the youngest on the team, so I didn’t do much. Honestly, the team was pretty bad. We won once in the entire season. From this experience, I learned that I don’t like softball. But…
Are Youth Sports Getting Too Expensive?
Organized sports for young people have become a multibillion-dollar industry in America. How is this affecting high school athletes’ experiences and access to play?
